{"product_id":"kid-comic-strips-a-genre-across-four-countries-9781137561978","title":"Kid Comic Strips: A Genre Across Four Countries","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ian Gordon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Pivot\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon explains how similar humor played out in comic strips across different cultures and humor styles. By examining \u003ci\u003eSkippy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGinger Meggs\u003c\/i\u003e, the book shows a good deal of similarities between American and Australian humor while establishing some distinct differences. In examining the French translation of Perry Winkle, the book explores questions of language and culture. By shifting focus to a later period and looking at the American and British comics entitled \u003ci\u003eDennis the Menace\u003c\/i\u003e, two very different comics bearing the same name, Kid Comic Stripsdetails both differences in culture and traditions and the importance of the type of reader imagined by the artist. \u003cbr\u003eIan Gordon is a cultural historian at the National University of Singapore, where he is the Convenor of American Studies. His publications include \u003ci\u003eComic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (1998, 2002) the co-edited volumes \u003ci\u003eFilm and Comic Books\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eComics \u0026amp; Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and the forthcoming monograph \u003ci\u003eSuperman: The Persistence of an American Icon\u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45279127339159,"sku":"9781137561978","price":4040.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781137561978.webp?v=1769292756","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/kid-comic-strips-a-genre-across-four-countries-9781137561978","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}